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W. T. HANSON.

MACHINE FOR WINDING YARN.

(No Model.)

No. 353,745. Patented Dec. '7, 1886.

W n r o r. 41 n UNTTED STATES PATENT OFFrcE.

\VALTER T. HANSON, OF MACON, GEORGIA.

MACHINE FOR WlNDiNG YARN.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 353,745, dated December 7, 1886.

Application filed July 20, 1886. Serial No. 209,473. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, WALTE T.-HANSON, of Macon, in the county of Bibb and State of Georgia, have invented certain new and useful improvements in Machines for \Vinding Yarn; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of theinvention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

My invention relates to an improved machine for winding or balling yarn, the object of the same being to provide devices for guiding the yarn during the operation of winding or balling the same; and it consists in the parts and combinations of parts, as will be hereinafter more fully described, and pointed out in the claims.

In the accompanying, drawings, Figure l is a view in perspective of devices embodying my invention. Fig. 2 is a detached view in perspective of the guiding-finger, and Fig. 3 is a transverse sectional view on the line 00 w of Fig. 2.

A represents a table or frame of any size and shape, mounted upon legs or other supports and provided at its ends, near the front edge, with the uprights B, which latter support the shaft 0, carrying the drum D and the wheel E. This shaft isv revolved by any suitable mechanism, andthe wheel Eis provided on its periphery with a camgroove, a, in which the free end of a pin, 1), on the traverse-bar F rests. This pin is rigidly secured to the traverse-bar F, and hence when the shaft 0 is revolving the traverse-bar F is reciprocated, the speed of the bar being controlled by the speed of the shaft 0, which also regulates or controls the speed of the spool or tube on which the yarn is being wound.

At the rear side of the table are formed or secured two uprights, H, which latter form bearings for the shaft I, carrying the arms J.

These arms J extend forwardly and terminate over or approximately over the shaft 0, and carry at their free ends a spindle or other de vice, f, adapted to support the paper spool or tube 2', on which the yarn is to be wound. This spool, by means of the swinging arms J, is free to rise and fall, and consequently rests on the drum and is revolved thereby.

L is a guide-finger having a broad-base, g, which latter is provided with screw-holes for its attachment to thetraverse-bar F. The body portion of this guide-finger projects inwardly at right angles to the base to a point well over the drum D, and then turns abruptly and extends outwardly and curves upwardly and laterally away from the section Z of the guide-finger, forming the prong or hook Z, under which the yarn passes. This guide-finger rests on a plane with the top of the roller D, and when the tube is in contact with the roller the inner end of the finger L rests approximately at the meeting line of the tube and roller. As the spool or tube 13 is being covered with yarn the tube is gradually moved away from the finger; but the arrangement of parts and the manner of pivoting the arms Jare such'that the spool or tube, before being covered or wound, and the partly or completed ball rest or bear at or approximately at the same point on the drum, and hence the inner end of the finger L is always in a position to deliver the yarn directly to the drum, thereby preventing any play of the yarn between the guidefinger and the ball.

The inner end of the guide-finger is provided on its lower face with the groove 61,111 which the yarn is held by the tension on the bobbin m. This bobbin is mounted on the spindle c, projecting from the arm B, which latter is merely an extension of the arm B.

In the operation of the device, the loose end of the yarn from the bobbin is wound or otherwise secured to a paper tube, i,which latter is then mounted on the spindlef. As the tube rests on the drum, it follows that the rotary motion of the drum causes a corresponding movement of the tube, which movement causes the yarn to be drawn off from the bobbin M. Before the machine has been started, or even after it has started, the guide linger is threaded by simply passing the yarn under the free end of the prong or hook Z. This finger moves back and forth a distance equal to the length of the ball and lays the yarn in position on the tube or partly completed ball even and regularly.

If, while the machine is in operation, the yarn should be broken, the two ends thereof can be quickly and easily united and the finger threaded after the two parts have been joined.

It is evidentthat numerous slight changes in the details of construction might be resorted' to without departing from the spirit of my invention; hence I would haveit understood that I do confine myself to the exact construction shown and described, but consider myself at liberty to make such changes as fairly fall within the spirit and scope of my invention.

Having fully described my invention,what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is?

v 1. In a machine for winding yarn, the combination,with a swinging frame constructed to carry at its free end a tube or spool upon which the yarn is to be wound, and a spindle located H above said tube or spool for carrying a'bobbin,

of the shaft, the drum and cam-wheel secured thereon, the traverse-bar operated by the cam- Wheel,and the guidefinger secured to the trav- 2o erse-bar and provided with a prong, the latter being integral with the free end of the finger and extending outwardly toward the traversebar and up wardly, forming a guide under which the yarn is passed, substantially as set forth.

2. The combination, with a traverse-bar and means for actuating the traverse-bar, of the guide-finger secured to the traverse-bar, and

consisting, essentially, ofa horizontal body or main portion, and an outwardly and upwardly projecting prong, the latter being integral with the main or body portion at the free or inner end of the latter, the said finger at the junction of the body or main portion and the prong being grooved on its lower face, substantially as set forth. In testimony whereof I have signed this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

' WALTER '1. HANSON. Witnesses:

A. OULBERsoN, W. R. WHITE. 

